Ukraine: Ryanair launches new flight from Kharkiv to Polish Krakow

Ukraine’s Infrastructure Minister Volodymyr Omelyan said Europe’s largest discount carrier Ryanair performed its first flight from Ukraine’s Kharkiv International Airport (the city of Kharkiv) to Poland’s Krakow on June 17. “After Lviv and Kyiv became well-established parts of Ryanair’s grid, and many people began taking that for granted (choosing to forget that this only started…

Ukraine: trade turnover with Italy up in 2018

In 2018, the commodity turnover between Italy and Ukraine totaled 4.47 billion, up by 14% YoY, declared the Minister of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine, Stepan Kubiv. More than 14 thousand Ukrainian companies export their products to the European Union. Also, the trend created additional tools for the diversified cooperation, for example, through the…

Ukraine: decentralization entering second stage

The decentralization reform launched in 2014 that envisages transfer of financial resources and administrative powers to the regions is entering the second stage. That’s why it is impossible to halt the reform by hasty decisions, Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman stated during a meeting with the leadership of the united territorial communities of Rivne…